“Just wait for a while and let me tap you on the shoulder.”Zhang Ruochen smiled easily.
Xiang Chunan revealed a puzzled look and said, “Just a pat on the shoulder?”
Mu Lingshi understood what Zhang Ruochen wanted to do and pursed her lips as she said, “It seems like we really do have a big advantage, but if you want to participate in the God Sealing Platform Assembly, you still have to have the strength to defeat the Sacred Void Body.”
Xiang Chunan didn’t know what exactly Zhang Ruochen and Mu Lingshi were playing dumb riddles about, and was in a frenzy of anxiety.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t explain to him, but instead raised his head and looked towards the old Ru standing in the void. According to the old Confucian himself, he was the Artifact Spirit of the Holy Spirit Book.
What was the Holy Spirit Book?
For an artefact spirit to have condensed a Dao Body, how high must the grade of the Holy Spirit Book be?
The “dao body” condensed by the spirit of a holy weapon was just as powerful as a human’s cultivated holy body, and could even comprehend the rules of the holy dao and cultivate holy arts.
Of course, the “Dao Body” was not a body of flesh and blood, but rather a combination of holy qi, military qi, and other marvellous forces.
The voice of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword resounded in Zhang Ruochen’s ears, saying, “That is the spirit of a Supreme Saint Artifact, and the spirit has already cultivated a Dao Body at least tens of thousands of years ago. The cultivation of that Dao Body is quite powerful, it should have already reached the Great Saint realm, radiating an aura that suppresses all the artifact spirits of Saint Artifacts to a certain extent.”
“Is the aura strong?”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t feel any aura pressure on the old Confucian’s body.
“That aura can only be felt by the Artifact Spirit.”The Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword said with great scorn.
Zhang Ruochen naturally wouldn’t doubt the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword’s judgement, but for an Artifact Spirit to possess a cultivation level comparable to that of a Great Sage was truly mind-boggling.
Suddenly, as if Zhang Ruochen thought of something, he said, “The several Supreme Sacred Artifacts of the Kunlun Realm existed in an extremely long time ago. Wouldn’t their artefact spirits be even more powerful than the Holy Spirit Book?”
The Ancient Sword of the Sinking Abyss said, “Actually, I am also very curious about this matter. The Qingtian Faust Tower that was suppressed in the Qiankun Realm, the Thousand Bone Empress’s Void Sword, and the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect’s Copper Furnace of Life and Death ……, it seems that their artifact spirits’ main bodies are not within the holy artifacts at all. In the holy weapons, there was only an extremely weak strand of the artefact spirit consciousness. I also don’t know if all of their artefact spirits have been extinguished, or have they fallen into a deep sleep? If their artefact spirits, were still inside the holy artefacts, the power that would burst out, under the God Realm, very few living beings would be able to withstand it, and even Great Saints would be crushed.”
This piece of information shocked Zhang Ruochen.
Back then, when the old division that attacked the Sacred Brightness Central Empire attacked the Lingxiao Heavenly King’s Mansion, that Lingxiao Heavenly King used the Qingtian Buttress Pagoda and simply crushed everything. If it wasn’t for the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron suppressing the Qingtian Faust Tower, I was afraid that the army of the Sacred Brightness Central Empire would have been wiped out.
However, the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword told Zhang Ruochen that the organ spirit body of the Qingtian Faust Tower was not in the tower. If the Artifact Spirit was in the tower, how powerful would the Qingtian Faustus Tower have to be?
“Qualification Test Battle, begin.”
Up above, a loud voice spat out from the old Confucian’s mouth, waking up Zhang Ruochen who was thinking.
In the old Confucian’s hand, a thick silver-coloured booklet appeared.
The booklet, radiating a very ancient aura, as if it carried the history of endless years, had a vast holy aura surging out from it.
“Wow…”
The old Confucian’s finger, flipped above the booklet.
Immediately, ten battle generals in silver armour flew out of the booklet and landed in the centre of each of the ten battle platforms.
Those were ten Saint Void Bodies, and from within their bodies, surging battle qi rose to the sky.
“Rumble.”?On Mount Hopeful God, a single cultivator, like locusts, flew towards the ten battle platforms above.
An Evil Wolf Race powerhouse whose cultivation had reached the four-step Saint King realm was overbearing, holding an ebony-black iron rod as he swept across the four directions, “This battle platform belongs to me, no one can compete with me.”
The realm of a four-step Saint King was already quite formidable, and amongst the crowd of cultivators gathered at the Lookout God Mountain, it could be considered a first-tier powerhouse.
After this Evil Wolf Clan powerhouse had beaten away more than ten cultivators in a row, he was about to ascend the battle platform when he was surrounded by a large number of cultivators.
Hundreds of holy weapons flew past, and immediately, the Evil Wolf Clan powerhouse spewed blood from his mouth and nose as he fell from the edge of the battle platform and landed heavily on the summit of Lookout God Mountain.
The battle around each of the battle platforms was quite fierce, but fortunately, the Old Ru’s means were heavenly, and he made timely strikes each time, which prevented the deaths from occurring.
Xiang Chunan’s heart was quite anxious and foolish, and he also wanted to rush up and fight. However, thinking of what Zhang Ruochen had said earlier, he held back and was about to turn around and ask Zhang Ruochen how often he had patted his shoulder ……
“Pah!”
On his shoulder, he was tapped.
Immediately after, there was a heavenly rotation, and when Xiang Chunan looked at the surrounding scene clearly again, he was surprised to see that he was already standing on top of the battle platform.
At the edge of the battle platform, those cultivators who were still fighting to the death froze when they saw this scene.
Some of these cultivators couldn’t help but burst out, “Crap, did anyone see how long that black rascal was on the battle platform?”
“No, that guy just appeared out of thin air!”
A Saint King of the Ape Race, with half of his feet stepping on the battle platform, looking to succeed, was now so angry that he was shaking with fear, pointing at Xiang Chu Nan, with flames coming out of his eyes, wanting to dismantle this black rascal.
Xiang Chunan gradually came back to his senses, and then laughed out loud, “Haha, sorry, really sorry, this battle platform temporarily belongs to me!”
There was no way around it, since this battle platform had already been occupied, the cultivators surrounding it had no choice but to rush in several other directions, going forward to fight for other battle platforms.
That old scholar’s gaze, glancing towards Zhang Ruochen on the Lookout God Mountain, revealed a meaningful smile and nodded, saying, “Not bad.”
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze fixed on Mu Lingshi and said, “I’ll send you up as well, be careful, the Sacred Void Body isn’t expected to be so easy to defeat.”
“Why don’t you have any confidence in me at all? I’m the Moon God’s disciple, the inheritor of the Ice and Fire Phoenix.”Mu Lingshi lightly rolled her eyes, feeling that Zhang Ruochen had underestimated her.
“Then I’ll wait and see, Your Divine Highness’s supreme splendour.”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and laughed, gently slapping his palm on top of Mu Lingshi’s fragrant shoulder.
“Wow…”
Spatial power exploded out, and with that, Mu Lingshi disappeared from her original spot, appearing on top of a still-empty battle platform, causing another round of complaints.
However, because this time it was a stunning beauty, there were very few people cursing.
This “Spatial Capture” was similar to the “Spatial Shift”, however, there were some differences.
Spatial Shift was mainly aimed at Zhang Ruochen himself, along with some of the items and cultivators around him.
However, when he performed Spatial Tackle, Zhang Ruochen himself did not move at the same place, but used the means of tackles to carry items or cultivators from one location to another.
This, again, was very similar to Spatial Teleportation.
The difference was that spatial teleportation had a very long distance and required the placement of a teleportation array. Spatial Grappling did not require the assistance of a teleportation array, and the disadvantage was that the distance was very short. After a certain distance, the Spatial Tackle would lose its effect.
Spatial Tackle was a move that Zhang Ruochen had created himself based on the power of space, and the Holy Art of Martial Tackle. Using this move was more direct and swifter than using Spatial Distortion to capture an opponent.
Only, this move was still in the research stage and had many flaws and was not perfect.
It was fine if the captured cultivator did not resist, but once he burst out with too much resistance, he would be able to break free from Zhang Ruochen’s spatial capture. Thus, using this move in a real battle right now wouldn’t be too helpful.
In the future, it might only improve when more spatial rules were cultivated within the body.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t immediately go to the top of the battle platform to challenge the Sacred Void Body, instead, he was observing the battle between Mu Lingshi and Xiang Chunan.
Xiang Chunan’s battle prowess surprised Zhang Ruochen, and with just one punch, he won the battle by shattering the Sacred Void Body and turning it into a wisp of aerosol.
After obtaining an invitation invitation from the old Confucian, Xiang Chunan leapt and jumped off the battle platform, gleefully rushing towards Zhang Ruochen, smiling broadly, “Brother, this time, it’s really thanks to you, otherwise, I’m afraid that it would be difficult for me to obtain this invitation.”
“A lift of the hand.”Zhang Ruochen smiled faintly.
Xiang Chunan tightly squeezed the invitation post, a curious look in his eyes as he said, “How come you didn’t go for the qualification test? Why don’t you pass on that secret technique of yours to me, and I’ll give you a pat on the shoulder as well, and say no, I’ll be able to pat you up as well?”
Xiang Chunan didn’t seem to know about spatial power and only thought that Zhang Ruochen’s palm, had some sort of divine ability.
“Don’t, this kind of secret art, you probably can’t learn it!”
Zhang Ruochen, however, knew that Xiang Chunan was able to shatter even the Sacred Void Body with a single punch, so who knew how powerful his palm would be when he slapped it down?
Thus, he hurriedly stopped Xiang Chunan.
Afterwards, Zhang Ruochen stretched out a finger and pointed to a battle platform in the sky above, saying, “I’m pressing for Ling Xi, so I’ll go back to the qualification test later.”
Xiang Chunan stared towards Mu Lingshi who was fighting with the Saint Void Body, an odd look appearing on his face, and only after further hesitation was he to say, “Brother, there is a sentence that I have actually held in my heart for a long time, brother.”
“What words?”
Zhang Ruochen stared at the battle stage, his head not turning back.
Xiang Chunan said in a serious tone, “For a younger sibling’s kind of looks, you can actually look at her, you guys really are in true love!”
“Well, true love …… hmm? What did you say?”
Zhang Ruochen immediately withdrew his gaze and glared over at Xiang Chunan, saying, “What do you mean by that?”
Xiang Chunan was a little embarrassed and hehehe smiled, “This is something that you brothers can just say in private, don’t ever tell your younger sibling, I’m afraid of hurting her self-esteem.”
Zhang Ruochen was both a bit teary-eyed and a bit exasperated, in case this was heard by Mu Lingshi, I’m afraid that they couldn’t continue as brothers at all.
Zhang Ruochen solemnly said, “I’ll pretend that I’ve never heard this before, and you’re not allowed to say it again.”?
“Understood, I understand it all, and I will definitely not mention this matter again in the future. After all, it’s a woman that a brother has his eye on, even if she’s ugly, she’s still one of his own.”Xiang Chunan laughed.
Zhang Ruochen added, “In addition, although WoW is sworn in as brothers, the results haven’t been ranked yet, so maybe I’m the boss. Wouldn’t it be a little too early to call a younger sibling now?”
Xiang Chunan’s face changed as he said, “Right, I almost forgot about this! No, that Feng Yan fellow has already entered the God Sealing Platform and must be frantically collecting treasures. How can I let him snatch away the position of the Boss?”
Thinking of this, Xiang Chunan immediately rushed in the direction of the Divine Gate, saying, “Brother, I won’t wait for you and my younger siblings. The position of the Boss, I’ll take it!”
Actually, Zhang Ruochen was not too interested in the position of the Boss.
If they wanted to fight, let the two of them fight!
Raising his head, Zhang Ruochen continued to look towards the battle between Mu Lingshi and the Sacred Void Body. The battle had already reached its end, and Mu Lingshi had the absolute upper hand, and within ten moves, he should be able to win.
It had to be said that Mu Lingshi’s progress was indeed quite tremendous after this period of desperate cultivation.
